Cyclopedia universal history : embracing the most complete and recent presentation of the subject in two principal parts or divisions of more than six thousand pages . PARSEE lEMPLE OF FIRE W ATECH GA —Dra«n bj M Moynet Old Iranian passed to the general notion I material world gave back under the-of a good being who befriended man exertion of man, it was Armati thatand aided him in maintaining life. In I aided him to get the victory. Armati 588 GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. gave the seed of the plant and the fruitof the orchard-bough. When the earthwas covered with green grass andblossoms, Armati ga
Cyclopedia universal history : embracing the most complete and recent presentation of the subject in two principal parts or divisions of more than six thousand pages . PARSEE lEMPLE OF FIRE W ATECH GA —Dra«n bj M Moynet Old Iranian passed to the general notion I material world gave back under the-of a good being who befriended man exertion of man, it was Armati thatand aided him in maintaining life. In I aided him to get the victory. Armati 588 GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. gave the seed of the plant and the fruitof the orchard-bough. When the earthwas covered with green grass andblossoms, Armati gave the blessing andclothed her habitation with verdure. ^>. FIRE TOWER OF ATECH-GA, AT FIROUZ \1\ by Taylor, after the restoration by Madame Dieulafoy Whatever good thing had its root in thebosom of the earth and yielded its bene-fit to man, Avas the gift of this generous,beautiful angel of the world. The scheme of religious belief andservice here outlined was not the mostprimitive form which the Iranian mind produced. It was a development the first there was a nature worship,pure and simple. It was The personalby refining upon this nat- ^^::^T^Tural system of belief that ^hip. the hierarchy of Mazdao and hisI subordinates was developed. Inthe earlier ages, while the Iraniansand the Aryans of India still so-journed together, the simple pow-ers of the natural world wereadored and worshiped. Thesepowers came to be regarded asliving beings over and above thevisible aspects of nature. Thefirst was called Indra, meaningthe storm; Mithra was thesunlight; Armati, as we haveseen, was the earth; Vayu was the wind; Agni, the fire ; andSo
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